How Republicans Can Exploit Obamacare

Republicans have responded to the delay of an important component of President Barack Obama’s health-care reform by escalating their attacks. Here’s a suggestion: Instead of trying to wreck the law, focus on using it to prove the superiority of conservative principles.

The Affordable Care Act offers states enormous flexibility in carrying out its two main elements: the creation of insurance exchanges and the expansion of Medicaid. The White House, desperate to bring more states on board, has entertained a range of conservative proposals. Republican policy makers in some states have begun to take advantage of that flexibility.